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McGill University War Records Collection

  • CA MUA RG 82, 0000-0481
  • Collection
  • 1942-1946

The collection documents the involvement of McGill faculty, students, alumni, and staff during the Second World War. It contains information on 5568 men and women on active service, including 295 women. It also provides information on the 298 dead, 52 prisoners of war, and 629 recipients of medals.

The greater portion consists of folders, index cards, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and photographs of individual soldiers and civilians. Index cards, documents and photographs were created and accumulated by Fetherstonhaugh and placed in alphabetical order within specific categories. The collection contains four distinct series: index cards; textual documents, including newspaper clippings; correspondence and articles arranged by subject; and photographs. The first series contains subseries reflecting Fetherstonhaugh’s original subdivision categories.

The index cards are arranged in the following groupings:

-Subversive activities
-Killed
-Prisoners of war
-University staff
-Macdonald College
-Army course
-COTC
-US
-General list A-H
-General list I-Mc
-General list M-Z
-Returned from active service
-Photos in extension file
-Photos on loan
-Women
-Civil

Other files in the collection include correspondence and newspaper clippings arranged by particular subjects; correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the McGill War Memorial Campaign, 1947-1949; Fetherstonhaugh's account book of income and expenditures, and some vouchers, 1942-1946; McGill News articles, 1942-1946; correspondence, memoranda, invoices, reviews, and newspaper clippings, 1947-1948, concerning the book McGill University at War, 1914-1918; 1939-1945.

McGill University War Records Office

Eugene Alfred Forsey Fonds

  • CA MUA MG1038
  • Fonds
  • 1925-1980

Fonds concerns Forsey's activities as a student, and later as a teacher at McGill. Included are his fourth-year essay on Chaucer's Summoner's Tale, and his valedictory address (1925). His teaching career at McGill is documented by a file of correspondence, memoranda, and examination papers relating to one of Forsey's students in 1939, and files of correspondence concerning Forsey's reappointment in 1940 in the light of accusations, from various quarters, of Communist sympathies. Two letters from Forsey (1973, 1980) illustrate his later perspective on these events.

Forsey, Eugene A. (Eugene Alfred), 1904-1991

Wayne York Corse Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4293
  • Fonds
  • 1927-1943

The fonds consists of condolence letters on the occasion of Wayne Corse's death during active service in World War II; other textual records; convocation program, 1943; McGill Daily banquet, 1939, 1940; card from the Canadian government, 1927; pamphlet "My Son is Missing" broadcast on the CBC; business card; McGill handbook 1941-1942; photos of Wayne Corse, Rosamond Brown; certificate from McGill University approximately 1942; McGill pin; and military identification tags.

Corse, Wayne York

Edward Ballon Collection

  • CA MUA MG 4290
  • Collection
  • approximately 1946-approximately 1947

The fonds consists of a scrapbook containing photos, ephemera, and clippings related to the McGill graduates athletic club, Winter Carnival, and copies of the McGill News, approximately 1947. In addition, there is a photograph of Convocation (May 22, 1946), a cardigan sweater and a MOC patch.

Ballon, Edward

Jean Anglin Owen Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4244
  • Fonds
  • 1934-1993

The fonds consists of a record book for Royal Victoria College 1933 reunions, a McGill Class Agents' Booklet and photographs relating to the 30th and 60th reunions for the class of 1933.

Owen, Jean Anglin

James Bouchard Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4232
  • Fonds
  • 1963-1979

The fonds consists of student course notes and assignments, 1963-1978; computer manuals and papers, 1971-1979; and documents relating to the student film society, theatricals and musicals, including scores, pamphlets and props, 1964-1977.

Bouchard, James

Alexander Wright Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4207
  • Fonds
  • 1976-1979

The Alexander Wright fonds contains student notes, mostly for McGill history courses between 1976-1980 but also includes notes for 3 French language history courses and 1 political science course.

Wright, Alexander

John Child Colby Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4203
  • Fonds
  • 1896-1897; 1900-1903

The fonds consists of student essays, poetry and songs (1900-1903); geology and paleontology course I syllabus for 1896-1897; and a McGill annual prize article competition entry (1902) belonging to John Child Colby.

Colby, John Child

Doris Campbell Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4201
  • Fonds
  • 1921

The fonds contains 1 memory book compiled by Doris Campbell in 1921. The memory book includes news clippings, photographs, cards, and written memories of life at RVC in the early 1920s.

Campbell, Doris

Dorothy Nichol Fonds

  • CA MUA MG 4191
  • Fonds
  • 1945-1961

The Dorothy Nichol fonds contains artifacts and textural material regarding MSPE 1949, a certificate from McGill University's Women's Athletics Board to Dorothy Nichol and an Old McGill and program.

Nichol, Dorothy

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